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Hours:
Grade K - 8 8:40 a.m. - 3:20 p.m.
School
Cultures
St.
John Brebeuf is a parish school which exists to provide quality
education to Catholic youth. We also welcome students of other faiths
who are open to our educational mission.
We
recognize the partnership that needs to exist between home, school
and parish if students are to benefit fully from their Catholic
education.
We
believe and encourage open communication between parents and teachers
so that we may form a partnership that assists each student to realize
their personal potential: academically, socially, emotionally, spiritually
and physically.
We
believe that it is in community that we reach our full potential,
and therefore, in the spirit of the gospel we are encouraged to
share our gifts with others. We, the staff, are dedicated to empowering
students to develop the strategies and skills necessary to become
happy, productive, lifelong learners.
School
Goal
This
year we continue to focus on Moral Education with a number of
initiatives that enable us to live, love and serve in Christ. Our Virtues Project
helps us to learn about and focus on a specific virtue each month
as a community. The practice of virtues is something students and
staff strive for each
day, with themes that support our social justice focus. The House System
continues as a means to foster school spirit. Students and staff are
initiated into one of the four Houses (Domus Spei, Domus Caritatis,
Domus Fidei, or Domus Veritatis), gathering thorughout the year to
participate in community building activities. Roots of Empathy
is an evidence-based program that has shown a dramatic effect in
reducing levels of aggression among school children while raising
social and emotional competence and increasing empathy. Each
year, the program is implemented at a different grade level, allowing
students to follow the development of a community infant through
regular school visits and specialized lesson plans.
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